Guild Program

Guest Speaker:

Patricia B. Campbell

"Appliqué Inspiration"

About Patricia Campbell

    Patricia B. Campbell, of Dallas, Texas is a quilt artist, teacher, lecturer and author known for her unique style of Jacobean appliqué. Pat’s use of non-traditional style patterns and bold colors have won her many ribbons and awards. Her effervescent personality and sharing spirit are what change students from fearing the "A word" to appliqué lovers.

    Pat did not grow up in a family of quilt makers. She did not take her first quilting class until 1984. But she soon learned that the precision of piecing was just too confining. Living in Florida at the time, appliqué allowed her to create the botanical designs that she loved. She had done theorem painting so adapting those designs of baskets filled with fruit and flowers to fabric seemed only natural. But realistic flowers were not that appealing to her. She had always been drawn to the fantasy botanicals of the Jacobean style crewel embroidery designs. Adapting these graceful curves and stylized leaves to appliqué designs have won Pat many awards over the years. Pat has been the recipient of 3 Best of Show awards, one in Lancaster, PA, Louisville, KY, Dallas, 2 Founders Awards in Houston, and 2 Pride of Dallas awards at Dallas Quilt Celebration.

    Not only is Pat an award winning quilter and pattern designer, and author of seven books on appliqué, but she has developed two fabric lines, Fossil Fern and Impressions for Benartex. When asked about her use of bright colors and how she puts the bold colors together, she laughed and replied "When magenta is your neutral, what else CAN you do?" Pat’s first nationally recognized quilt, Jacobean Arbor, taught the world that all backgrounds don’t have to be white or pale. Pat’s daring use of bright electric colors on a black background helped break the mold for "standard quiltmaking", allowing us all to be more creative with colors.

    Pat’s generous spirit along with her zeal for life is evident in every design she creates. From the fabric lines to the theorem designs to stylized Texas wildflowers, her unique sense for color and balance are felt in every stitch. She never hesitates to take a few extra minutes with a student that might be having difficulty getting that tiny point just so, or that circle really round. If appliqué is the "A word" for you, a day with Pat Campbell will change the meaning to "Awesome Appliquer"!

The Jacobean Hand Appliqué Workshop taught by

Patricia B. Campbell is full.

Cotton Patch Quilt Guild

    Regular Meeting, April 26, 2001

Kavanaugh Methodist Church, 6:30 p.m.

    President, Huey Nobles, presided as fifty-plus members of the Cotton Patch Quilt Guild met at the church for the April guild meeting. We welcomed eight guests: Sue Moore, Jane Asberry, Bonta Penrose, Luke and Dylan Cooper, Sheila Schendler, and Milton Babb and Stan Golightly from the Greenville Herald Banner. A special welcome to new member, Lisa Coker.

Program

    The overflow crowd came to hear Clarence Glover, Director of Cultural Diversity for the Dallas In dependent School District, speak on "African American Culture and the Underground Railroad". Mr. Glover compared African American cultural progress to a journey, then went on to demonstrate how quilts tell the story of that journey. Most of the quilts he displayed were made by ancestors, including one he slept under as a small child, made by his grandmother. Mr. Glover also showed several examples of brightly colored Kinte cloth, a cotton fiber fabric that he explained cannot be torn. The audience was involved in interactive participation when Mr. Glover distributed instruments and asked that we accompany his drum beating.

Business

    We were reminded that the drawing for the Railroad quilt will be next month. All were encouraged to sell as many tickets as possible during this final month.

    On April 21 a group worked on the Butterfly quilt. Another workday is scheduled for May 19 at the church, at the same time as Pebble Rehm’s Mystery Quilt group.

    Mary Lou Strohm repeated her request for the return of overdue library books and the light box.

Alice Cooney is still holding IOUs for the UFO project. As an incentive, Alice announced that those involved in the WIN quilt effort will be given an extra month to finish their UFOs.

    Debra Hagar presented several possible logo designs for our shirts and tenth anniversary guild pins and the membership was asked to vote on their choice. Results will be announced next month. Pebble brought a lightweight blue denim shirt to show us. It is from the Allen guild. If we decide to adopt it rather than the Polo style, Lisa Coker can buy them wholesale.

    A reminder that the May program will feature Pat Campbell. There will be a $5.00 guest fee. Hostesses will serve desserts only, no dinner.

    Quilts on the Square has donated backing for the WIN quilts, and has offered the use of their workroom during the last week of May. Donated batting is expected from Hobbs. A number of WIN quilt tops have already been completed; two workdays at the church will offer the opportunity to finish as many as time allows.

Door prize drawings were postponed until next month.

Show and Tell followed.

                                                                                             Respectfully,

                                                                                             Katharine McCaw– Recording Secretary

Cotton Belles

   The Cotton Belles met in the home of Allen and Betty Day on May 7, 2001. The members discussed the ABC quilt project. Thirty-two quilts were donated to ABC at the Tyler Quilt Show. Donations were collected for FISH. A date was set for work on a donation quilt for the WIN shelter.

     Show and Tell : Jeanne brought four baby quilts, Nora brought two pieced pillows for donation to Scottish Rite, and Betty had four angel blocks that will be a quilt someday.

Sherry presented the May program following the guidelines of the book "Heart-Felt Wool Appliqué" by Lorinda Lie. Pincushions were created using wool appliqué, embroidery techniques, and glass holders.

The next meeting will be June 4, 2001 at the home of Susan and Cinda Cross. Please bring Scottish Rite donations, Susan will deliver them to the hospital. Everyone bring Show and Tell to the meeting.

Cotton Blossoms

The Cotton Blossom circle met on April 16th. We had a delightful program presented by Alice Cooney. She inspired us all with her collection of quilts depicting different times in history. Thanks, Alice, we really enjoyed having you. The Blossoms met again on May 7th. Norlyn instructed the group on making dimensional pinwheel blocks. Each member will make several blocks and we will put them together for a WIN quilt.

Cotton Strippers

   The Cotton Strippers met Thursday, May 10th at Kavanaugh. Refreshments were provided by Paula, Lindy, Sue and Shirley and were great!

    The WIN batting was in and Sara gave an update on the status and then cut batting for the tops she had received. There is one more queen top needed. We still need people to sign up for quilting and binding.

    JULY RETREAT IMPORTANT NOTICE! - If you have signed up for July retreat and missed this meeting, the members voted to increase the cost by $10. We only have 17 signed up, which is not enough to cover the cost of the cabin and workroom, plus paper products. At the June meeting, all those that have signed up will meet at 6:00 p.m. in the small room off the kitchen to discuss the retreat and what to bring.

    The final deadline to pay for the November retreat is August 30th. After that there will be a $10 late fee. Starting in September, Sue will begin taking money for Spring 2002 retreat.

At the time of this publication, Jan Boren had a few kittens that desperately needed a new home. If you can possibly take one, please give Jan a call.

    Since Jane’s sister is moving to Austin, she is making arrangements for motel rooms for the Houston Quilt Show in November. If you are interested in going and sharing motel costs with the group, please give her a call. She is starting to scout out places to stay.

REFRESHMENTS FOR JUNE : Huey, Pebble, Maejean, Barbara, Kay and Annette.

Sunbonnet Sues

    Seven members and one granddaughter met on top of Maejean & Sara’s mountain for their May meeting. Several members worked on WIN quilts Friday until it got too windy. Other members just watched it rain and did handwork. After supper was Domino time when everyone sat inside and listened to Kay and Pebble argue about the rules. Several times Kay "stood corrected" which gave Pebble a break. Saturday, four members went with Kay, far, far, away to Alpena to one of the greatest quilt stores. They had lots of Hoffman fabric and other beautiful fabrics and Kay went away the winner of spending the most money. Sunday after a late breakfast of biscuits and sausage gravy, Kay and Jane had to leave the group and head home. The others cried and cried and had to find something to occupy themselves so they wouldn’t dwell on the loss of Jane and Kay. So they worked on their projects and planned future quilts and what fabric they would buy in Eufaula on the way home. Thanks again, Maejean and Sara for sharing your mountain.

Status Report on the WIN Project

    We have commitments for all the twins we need. We still have one queen top that no one has agreed to make.

    The batting order has arrived. There is a roll at the church and a roll at Quilts on the Square. They are available for people to measure off what they need. This can be done before and after Guild meeting if they bring the measurements.

    Our work day at the church on Sat., May 26, will be for all stages of making these quilts. So join us if you are cutting, sewing, pin basting, or machine quilting. We should have several ready to baste, so bring your tops , backing and pins. The fabric that has been donated for backing will be at the church, but the color selections are limited.

    We already have 3 quilts totally finished (except for labels) and turned in. We have 8 or 9 more tops completed, so this project is rocking right along. Everyone is pitching right in and I am delighted with the results.

    We could still use volunteers to machine quilt and do bindings (you choose whether it is put down on the machine or by hand).

    If you have a top ready that needs to be passed to someone else to baste, quilt and bind, bring it to guild or the workday the following Saturday.

    During the workdays, we need folks to press, trim threads, stitch on labels, pin baste, etc. This is besides the ones who will bring their work in progress. Soooo….if you have Saturday free, come on and play with us for a while. Check with Katharine or Barbara Ratcliff about the times the church will be open. Thanks, Sara

Cotton Patch Quilt Guild

2001 Directory

If you are a guild member and have not received your copy of the wonderful new directory put together for us by Kathy Vestal, please see Kathy at the guild meeting.

Mystery Quilt

May 19th is HERE! Do you have all your fabric ready for the Mystery Quilt class? See you at the church starting at 9 a.m. If you have any last minute questions, please contact Pebble at 972-442-3317.

Jan is still looking for her "Brown Bag" blocks. They are in a little plastic container (clear Tupperware type box). 

She looked through the cabinets at the church the last time she was there, but couldn’t find it.

Would the following members PLEASE check your sewing room for Jan’s box : Connie, 

Debra, Elaine, Jane, Janice, Joy, Marilyn, Michele, Paula, Roberta, Ruth, Shirley Hogan. Jan’s friendship 

blocks are very important to her, so we have GOT to find hers. There will be a reward for whoever finds it!

GOOD NEWS!

Jan Boren is out of the hospital and was at Cotton Strippers last Thursday night. She is back to work, also, but still isn’t real strong. She still would like to hear from all of her friends in the guild. Please continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

If you have any news for this column, please contact me. Thanks. Pam Hodapp

We will be cutting 26 Squares this month. The following is a schedule for the next year . Bring your new squares to Sue Childers and pick yours up if you were in last month’s exchange. There will be a sign up sheet for the next year. We are asking those interested in doing the exchange to commit themselves through January of 2002 so that we can prepare our fabrics according to a final count and be able to purchase them when they are on sale. Thanks.

May — ugly

June – Purples and Blues

July — your choice

August -yellows and Oranges

September - calico prints

October - Fall prints

November — Homespuns

December — tone on tones

REFRESHMENTS

You are responsible for bringing finger foods that you can eat off a napkin. If you are not going to be there, find a substitute, trade with someone, or give money to the Captain* to cover your share. Captains, please

make sure you call in to everyone to make sure they read their newsletter.

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